Acquisition of businesses and subsidiaries

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Acquisitions

The Group made a number of bolt-on acquisitions during the year namely: The Punjab Kitchen Limited (United Kingdom) a market leading manufacturer of texture modified meals and specialist ready meals, supplying primarily into the United Kingdom NHS and healthcare sector; Igartza, S.L. (Spain) a broadline foodservice distributor located in Guipúzkoa, northern Spain; and in-territory bolt-on acquisitions of KBC Foods (Australia), Six Bar Trading 409 CC (South Africa) and Foodchoice (Chile).

Qualitative factors that support (but, not limited to) the goodwill recognised during the year:

  • Gaining access to new geographies (Guipúzkoa, northern Spain)
  • Improving purchasing power for the Group
  • Management's skill and expertise as a platform from which to consolidate their respective fragmented foodservice markets

These acquisitions form part of the Group's strategic expansion plans in the international foodservice industry. Goodwill arose on the acquisitions as the anticipated value of future cash flows that were taken into account in determining the purchase consideration exceeded the net assets or net liabilities acquired at fair value and separately identifiable intangible assets. The acquisitions have enabled the Group to expand its range of complementary products and services and, as a consequence, has broadened the Group's base in the market place. There were no significant contingent liabilities identified in the businesses acquired.

The impact of these acquisitions on the Group's results can be summarised as follows:

Punjab Kitchen 
R000 
Igartza, S.L. 
R000 
Other smaller 
acquisitions 
R000 
Total 
R000 
  
Property, plant equipment  48 093  34 113  6 341  88 547    
Intangible assets  –  10  –  10    
Deferred taxation  (37 510) (310) –  (37 820)   
Interest in associates  –  4 244  –  4 244    
Investments and loans  –  51  –  51    
Inventories  11 366  19 901  16 340  47 607    
Trade and other receivables  24 712  27 877  5 660  58 249    
Cash and cash equivalents  80 630  7 816  –  88 446    
Borrowings  –  (7 801) –  (7 801)   
Trade and other payables  (10 294) (43 861) (16 448) (70 603)   
Taxation  (7 179) –  –  (7 179)   
Total identifiable net assets at fair value  109 818  42 040  11 893  163 751    
Separately identifiable intangible assets  192 672  –  –  192 672    
Goodwill  216 538  113 159  36 251  365 948    
Non-controlling interests  –  –  (3 950) (3 950)   
Total value of acquisition(s) 519 028  155 199  44 194  718 421    
Cash and cash equivalents acquired  (80 630) (7 816) –  (88 446)   
Vendors for acquisition recognised  (79 673) (34 615) (24 269) (138 557)   
Puttable non-controlling interest liabilities recognised  (70 464) –  –  (70 464)   
Costs incurred in respect of acquisitions  4 186  3 192  20 308  27 686    
Net amount(s) paid  292 447  115 960  40 233  448 640    
Date acquired  January 1  2019  July 17  2018  Various 
Contribution to results for the year 
Revenue  96 945  225 456  195 058  517 459    
Trading profit (loss) 18 626  13 928  (3 614) 28 940    
Contributions to results for the year if the acquisitions had been effective on July 1  2018 
Revenue  183 497  245 952  233 422  662 871    
Trading profit (loss) 36 699  15 194  (3 230) 48 663